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Searching for Invisibly Decaying Higgs Bosons at LEP II

Oscar J. P. Eboli, F. de Campos, J. Rosiek, J. W. F. Valle

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/9601269

Abstract

We study the potential of LEP II to unravel the existence of invisibly decaying Higgs bosons, predicted in a wide class of models. We perform a model independent analysis, focusing our attention to the final state topologies exhibiting b b or + - (=μ or e) pairs and missing energy. We carefully evaluate the signals and backgrounds, choosing appropriate cuts to enhance the discovery limits. Our results demonstrate that LEP II is capable of discovering such a Higgs boson for a wide range of masses and couplings.

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